| Yamazaki Nabisco Cup | |
|---|---|
| Tournament details | |
| Country | |
| Teams | 18 | 
| Final positions | |
| Champions | Kashiwa Reysol (2nd title) | 
| Runner-up | Urawa Red Diamonds | 
| Tournament statistics | |
| Matches played | 55 | 
| Top goal scorer(s) | Marquinhos (Yokohama F. Marinos) 7 goals | 
The 2013 J.League Cup, also known as the 2013 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup for sponsoring purposes, was the 38th edition of the most prestigious Japanese soccer league cup tournament and the 21st edition under the current J.League Cup format.
Format
Teams from the J.League Division 1 will take part in the tournament. Kashiwa Reysol, Sanfrecce Hiroshima, Urawa Red Diamonds and Vegalta Sendai were given a bye to the quarter-finals due to qualification in the 2013 AFC Champions League. The remaining 14 teams started from the group stage, where they were divided into two groups of seven. The group winners and the runners-up of each group qualified for the quarter-final along with the four teams which qualified for the AFC Champions League.
Group stage
Standings
Group A
 Source: [1]  | 
Group B
 Source: [2] 
  | 
Results
Group A
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 1–1 | Ventforet Kofu | 
|---|---|---|
| Hattanda  Lee Min-Soo Senuma  | 
Report | 
| Omiya Ardija | 0–2 | Júbilo Iwata | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 1–0 | Kawasaki Frontale | 
|---|---|---|
| Fábio  Nakamura Marquinhos Saitō  | 
Report | 
| Ventforet Kofu | 0–2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 
|---|---|---|
| Hugo  | 
Report | 
| Júbilo Iwata | 5–1 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 
|---|---|---|
| Kanazono  Jung Woo-Young Matsuura Yamazaki  | 
Report | 
| Shonan Bellmare | 1–3 | Omiya Ardija | 
|---|---|---|
| Kobayashi  Kweon Han-Jin  | 
Report | 
| Kawasaki Frontale | 2–1 | Júbilo Iwata | 
|---|---|---|
| Ōkubo  Yajima  | 
Report | 
| Ventforet Kofu | 0–1 | Shonan Bellmare | 
|---|---|---|
| Izawa  | 
Report | 
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 0–1 | Omiya Ardija | 
|---|---|---|
| Dutra  | 
Report | 
| Omiya Ardija | 1–3 | Ventforet Kofu | 
|---|---|---|
| Ljubijankič  | 
Report | 
| Kawasaki Frontale | 0–0 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
| Omiya Ardija | 2–3 | Shimizu S-Pulse | 
|---|---|---|
| Carlinhos  Shimizu Novaković  | 
Report | 
| Ventforet Kofu | 1–3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 
|---|---|---|
| Ortigoza  | 
Report | 
| Kawasaki Frontale | 2–0 | Omiya Ardija | 
|---|---|---|
| Patrick  Renato  | 
Report | 
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 0–1 | Shonan Bellmare | 
|---|---|---|
| Yoshida  | 
Report | 
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 3–0 | Júbilo Iwata | 
|---|---|---|
| Dutra  Marquinhos Kobayashi Saitō Nakamura  | 
Report | 
| Shonan Bellmare | 1–1 | Kawasaki Frontale | 
|---|---|---|
| Kikuchi  | 
| Shimizu S-Pulse | 1–2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 
|---|---|---|
| Ishige  | 
| Júbilo Iwata | 1–1 | Ventforet Kofu | 
|---|---|---|
| Komano  | 
Group B
| Albirex Niigata | 1–1 | Oita Trinita | 
|---|---|---|
| Okamoto  Hamada  | 
Report | 
| FC Tokyo | 0–0 | Sagan Tosu | 
|---|---|---|
| Report | 
| Nagoya Grampus | 1–1 | Cerezo Osaka | 
|---|---|---|
| Isomura  Tamada  | 
Report | 
| Oita Trinita | 1–2 | Cerezo Osaka | 
|---|---|---|
| Marutani  Morishima  | 
Report | 
| Kashima Antlers | 2–4 | FC Tokyo | 
|---|---|---|
| Endo  Osako Davi Maeno  | 
Report | 
| Sagan Tosu | 1–2 | Nagoya Grampus | 
|---|---|---|
| Ikeda  Kiyotake  | 
Report | 
| Kashima Antlers | 1–0 | Sagan Tosu | 
|---|---|---|
| Ogasawara  Motoyama  | 
Report | 
| FC Tokyo | 0–0 | Nagoya Grampus | 
|---|---|---|
| Hirayama  | 
Report | 
| Albirex Niigata | 2–1 | Cerezo Osaka | 
|---|---|---|
| Mikado  Homma Tsubouchi Okamoto Kim Jin-Su  | 
Report | 
| Albirex Niigata | 1–2 | Kashima Antlers | 
|---|---|---|
| Kawamata  Silva  | 
Report | 
| Nagoya Grampus | 1–1 | Oita Trinita | 
|---|---|---|
| Masukawa  Tanaka Tanaka  | 
Report | 
| Cerezo Osaka | 2–1 | FC Tokyo | 
|---|---|---|
| Kakitani  Simplício Edno Bando  | 
Report | 
| Kashima Antlers | 1–0 | Nagoya Grampus | 
|---|---|---|
| Juninho  Shibasaki Iwamasa Nakata  | 
Report | 
| Sagan Tosu | 2–0 | Albirex Niigata | 
|---|---|---|
| Kim Min-Woo  Toyoda Hayasaka  | 
Report | 
| Oita Trinita | 0–0 | FC Tokyo | 
|---|---|---|
| Hayashi  Choi Jung-Han Kijima  | 
Report | 
| FC Tokyo | 2–1 | Albirex Niigata | 
|---|---|---|
| Ishikawa  Mita  | 
Report | 
| Cerezo Osaka | 2–1 | Sagan Tosu | 
|---|---|---|
| Maruhashi  Minamino  | 
Report | 
| Oita Trinita | 0–1 | Kashima Antlers | 
|---|---|---|
| Wakasa  Nagayoshi  | 
Report | 
| Nagoya Grampus | 2–1 | Albirex Niigata | 
|---|---|---|
| Own-Goal  Tamada  | 
| Cerezo Osaka | 2–1 | Kashima Antlers | 
|---|---|---|
| Edno  Kakitani  | 
| Sagan Tosu | 2–3 | Oita Trinita | 
|---|---|---|
| Ikeda  Noda  | 
Knock-out stage
All times are Japan Standard Time (UTC+9)
| Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||
| Cerezo Osaka | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Urawa Reds | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Urawa Reds | 2 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Kawasaki Frontale | 3 | 0 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Kawasaki Frontale | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Vegalta Sendai | 1 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||||
| Urawa Reds | 0 | |||||||||||||||||
| Kashiwa Reysol | 1 | |||||||||||||||||
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 2 | 3 | 5 | |||||||||||||||
| Kashima Antlers | 0 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||||
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 0 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Kashiwa Reysol | 4 | 0 | 4 | |||||||||||||||
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
| Kashiwa Reysol | 2 | 0 | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Quarter-finals
First leg
| Kashima Antlers | 0–2 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 
|---|---|---|
| Kawasaki Frontale | 2–1 | Vegalta Sendai | 
|---|---|---|
| Kobayashi  Renato  | 
| Cerezo Osaka | 0–2 | Urawa Reds | 
|---|---|---|
| Sanfrecce Hiroshima | 1–2 | Kashiwa Reysol | 
|---|---|---|
| Takahagi  | 
Second leg
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 3–1 | Kashima Antlers | 
|---|---|---|
| Saitō  Marquinhos Narawa  | 
| Vegalta Sendai | 2–3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 
|---|---|---|
| Wilson  | 
| Urawa Reds | 1–1 | Cerezo Osaka | 
|---|---|---|
| Umesaki  | 
Semi-finals
First leg
| Kawasaki Frontale | 3–2 | Urawa Reds | 
|---|---|---|
| Renato  Ōkubo  | 
| Kashiwa Reysol | 4–0 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 
|---|---|---|
| Tanaka  Jorge Wagner  | 
Second leg
| Yokohama F. Marinos | 2–0 | Kashiwa Reysol | 
|---|---|---|
| Marquinhos  Sato  | 
Final
| Urawa Reds | 0–1 | Kashiwa Reysol | 
|---|---|---|
| Summary | 
Goalscorers
| Rank | Name | Team | Goals | 
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Yokohama F. Marinos | 7 | |
| 2 | Kashima Antlers | 5 | |
| Urawa Reds | 5 | ||
| 3 | Kawasaki Frontale | 4 | |
| Oita Trinita | 4 | 
References
- ↑ "2013 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup – League Table". J.League Official Website. Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
 - ↑ "2013 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup – League Table". J.League Official Website. Archived from the original on 2013-09-25. Retrieved March 23, 2013.
 - ↑ "2013 J.League Yamazaki Nabisco Cup – Scorers". J.League Official Website. Archived from the original on 2013-10-14. Retrieved 2 November 2013.